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Petal passion, super-surreal Polaroids and Billy Childish’s California
Expertly curated flower paintings, the garage-rock star’s hazy expressionism and a masterpiece from a Morrisons receipt – all in your weekly dispatch
TL;DR
- Exhibition 'Handpicked: Painting Flowers from 1900 to Today' at Kettle's Yard.
- Billy Childish presents new hazy expressionist paintings of the California desert.
- Katharina Grosse exhibits giant, site-specific interventions and smaller works.
- Les Krims showcases ultra-weird, super-surreal staged Polaroids.
- Rachael Crowther's debut institutional show features a scent-based installation.
- Steve McQueen's photography book 'Bounty' captures the flowers of Grenada as markers of historical trauma.
- Notable mentions include winning a Picasso in a raffle, a permanent Bridget Jones statue, the new V&A East collection, Elizabeth Allen's needlework, Abidjan's flourishing art scene, a 46-year sitting for Frank Auerbach, the gay art of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, and Joan Semmel's shameless work.
- Ceal Floyer's 'Monochrome Till Receipt (White)' is highlighted as a masterpiece, using a Morrisons receipt to create mental images and convey a narrative.
- The artwork is part of the 'YBA and Beyond: British Art from the 90s' exhibition at the National Art Centre, Tokyo.